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For The Love of Food
by Darya Rose | May 22, 2009
For The Love of Food
Welcome back to For The Love of Food. We’ve got some great stuff for you here this week, including my guest post at the renowned MizFitOnline and the first ever “B.S. of the week.”
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For The Love of Food
- When Is A Calorie Not A Calorie <<MizFit wanted to know why some calories have smaller impact than others. I give all the gory science details in this post.
- New Farmers Market Finds Home at the Metreon <<New 7 day farmers market at the Metreon theater in San Francisco (via @alohalizzie).
- 33 Healthiest Foods On Earth <<B.S. of the week. Healthy food advice coming from the food industry? I’m sure my health is their #1 concern. Very disappointing, Lifehacker.
- Politics of the Plate: The Price is Wrong <<An insightful look into how and why we do not pay enough money for our food, from Gourmet (via Chef2Video).
- Stormtrooper Breakfast Cereal <<You might as well come to accept the fact that I’m a huge Star Wars nerd (from Serious Eats).
- Updated Recommendations for Calcium and vitamin D <<People are finally starting to acknowledge that calcium is virtually useless as a supplement and vitamin D is where it’s at for bone health. Thanks Nutrition Data!
- How To Maintain A Healthy Lifestyle When You’re Too Busy To Care <<Personally I think you should never be too busy to care about your health, but in case you struggle with it here is a simple starter kit from Dumb Little Man.
- Sweet pea gazpacho <<Springtime version of a summer classic, recipe from Joanne Weir.
- Whole-grain cereal and other ‘healthy’ foods that fool <<So rarely does the main stream media (MSNBC) get it right, I thought I’d share. Just ignore what they say about calcium and osteoporosis–calcium intake is not related to this disease.
- Watch out for web diet scams!! <<Great tips on how to avoid bogus diet scams online (from Eleanor @ Make Friends with Food)
What great articles did you read this week?
I loved your guest post on MizFit! I’ve read many similar articles on the topic, but yours made the complicated subject simple to understand.
Also, I’m pleased to report that my family eats many of those 33 foods everyday!
Thank you Katie! I appreciate the feedback!
Great posts! I have to admit, I think some of the 33 foods are great foods, but like you, I have to question the source. Regarding the whole grain cereal article on MSNBC – I can’t believe they left Uncle Sam Cereal out of the list. It is, in my opinion, one of the healthiest options out there.
You nailed it. It is not that the foods are good or bad, it’s that the recommendation is tainted by sponsorship. Most people aren’t going to be able to tell the difference, and that is how they trick us. They throw in something good and so people think everything on the list is good. But Dole recommending pineapple is no better than Dannon recommending yogurt or Marlboro recommending cigarettes.
Darya – was reading my daily “Ideal Bite” to find they are doing an eco-book club over the summer, and Michael Polan’s book is for July. Since you have referred to it a couple of times, I decided to join up and read it. idealbite.com
Thanks for great articles – Linda Moran
That’s awesome, Linda. In Defense of Food in marvelous. If you like it, The Omnivore’s Dilemma is one of my favorite books ever.
Since you’re a Farmer’s Market fan, have you checked out Alemany? It’s not hip, and most in SF don’t even know it’s there. I’ve been regularly shopping there every Saturday for about 15 years, even drove over from the East Bay when I lived there. Unlike Ferry Plaza, it’s not for tourists, but is cheap, tasty food. Much is organic, though not all certified. About 75% of my food is directly from this market.
Great point, Julie! I tried to go to Alemany once, but I messed up and went on flea market day instead. I would love to check it out but it is tough for me to get there since I do not have a car.
Alemany is a hassle, even with a car. I’ve taken to just going by bike, which is an ugly ride, full of homeless people and their carts, pee pee smells, trash, freeway on-off ramps, ugly industrial neighborhoods, you name it. But I’m hooked on the place. Tomorrow, especially, since I live in the Mission, and it’s Carnaval-I’m not moving my car until I leave for weekend on Sunday-parking is going to be worse than impossible.
I need a way to keep track of all the great articles I read all week! How do you do it?
There are many ways, but social bookmarking sites like StumbleUpon are probably easiest. Otherwise you can email them to yourself or post them on Facebook and/or Twitter and run searches when you want to find them.